“I accept that all candidates throw out a lot of proposals when they’re campaigning,” says Leon Panetta, former chief of staff in the Clinton White House. “You have to assume that’s all part of a campaign strategy to appeal to a lot of different constituencies that are out there. But once he enters the Oval Office, he’s going to have to make some hard decisions.” Making empty promises, however, is only typical for Barack Obama. While Obama is engaged in politics as usual, McCain has proposed a series spending and tax cuts in place of new federal programs.

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